Retail · registry year 2024 · HQ TX

Sport Clips Franchise

A Sport Clips Inc brand operating in the retail sector, franchising since 1995. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Sport Clips, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.

$263K – $467K
Initial investment · Mid-range entry cost
6.0%
Royalty rate · Above-average royalty
1,900
Total locations · Large network
$450K
Avg unit revenue · Below-average unit revenue

FDD outlay schedule

Registry sport-clips Sport Clips

Sport Clips needs $263K–$467K to open and charges a 6.0% royalty - an entry cost below the typical retail franchise.

  • LO $263K
  • HI $467K
  • FEE $25K
  • ROY 6.0%
  • UNT 1,900
  • I19 Disclosed
  • INV# #88/223
  • UNT# #60/223

Nearest Item 7 peer: AlphaGraphics ($258K)

Sport Clips (this)$263KAlphaGraphics$258KPlay It Again Sports$275KOnce Upon A Child$250KPlato's Closet$250KFASTSIGNS$216K
Sport Clips Item 7 listed-low neighbourhood vs nearest retail peers

Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for Sport Clips (registry year 2024). Listed lows only - not a profit, cost-of-living, or suitability claim. Verify the current FDD before relying on these figures. How we place brands →

Franchise Opportunity Health Score

How healthy and transparent Sport Clips's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.

75 C
  • Network momentum 2.6% net unit growth (YoY) 50/100 · F
  • Financial disclosure Item 19 disclosed 100/100 · A

Benchmarked against the 223-brand tracked corpus (p10-p90 range per dimension); a higher score means a growing unit count and a disclosed Item 19. See how we place brands.

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Where Sport Clips's investment ranks nationally

Sport Clips's listed Item 7 low of $263K against every one of the 218 tracked franchise brands with a disclosed initial investment. Listed figures only, verify in the current FDD before relying on them.

Sport Clips vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment

Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus

$263,000 Around the middle lower than 39% of 218 franchise brands

Franchise brands, banded by listed Item 7 low

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Source PlainFranchise editorial comparison registry · 2024-12-31

Investment Overview

Investment Range $263K – $467K
Franchise Fee
$25K
Ad Fund Rate
5.0%

Revenue Data (Item 19)

Item 19 Disclosed Franchisor provided financial performance data
Average Revenue
$450K
gross revenue per location

* Revenue figures are gross revenue (sales), not profit. This registry does not report operating costs or profit.

Network Size & Growth

1,900
Franchised
0
Company-Owned
+100
Opened (Last Year)

Net Growth Rate

Year-over-year unit change

2.63% growth

50 locations closed in the last reporting year

Quick Facts

Sector
Retail
Subsector
hair salon
Founded
1993
Franchising Since
1995
Headquarters
TX
FDD Year
2024
Item 19
Disclosed

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Important Notice · Sport Clips

This Sport Clips page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Sport Clips.

National footprint registry read for Sport Clips

Signature read: 1,900 locations · Item 7 low $263K

Sport Clips, a Sport Clips Inc franchise, has been franchising since 1995 - 2 years after the concept was founded in 1993 , currently with 1,900 total locations (1,900 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the retail sector, headquartered in TX. This editorial registry lists a total initial investment from $263K to $467K, with separate listed low and high values. The registry records a separate franchise-fee field of $25K and does not list every Item 7 component in this summary.

Ongoing royalties run 6.0% of gross sales; the registry also records a 5.0% advertising-fund field, for a 11.0% arithmetic total. Sport Clips has an Item 19 financial-performance field in this registry, a voluntary disclosure under the FTC Franchise Rule. The reported average gross revenue per location is $450K; the listed royalty rate multiplied by the reported average equals $27K, which is not a total-cost or profit calculation. Revenue is not profit; this registry does not contain a complete operating-cost or profit record.

Sport Clips's network is expanding: unit count grew at a 2.6% net rate over the past year (100 openings, 50 closures). This is a reported network-size change, not a measure of profitability, demand, or franchisee outcomes.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Sport Clips franchise cost?
Opening a Sport Clips franchise takes a total initial investment of $263K to $467K. That includes an initial franchise fee of $25K. On top of that, royalties run 6.0% of gross sales.
How many Sport Clips locations are there?
Sport Clips has 1,900 total locations (1,900 franchised). Year-over-year, the unit count is up 2.6%.
What are the ongoing fees for a Sport Clips franchise?
Sport Clips's ongoing royalty is 6.0% of gross sales. On top of that, a 5.0% ad-fund contribution applies. These are listed ongoing fee fields, separate from the listed initial-investment range.

Related reading for Sport Clips: Understanding FDDs , Sport Clips lists Item 19 revenue here, how Item 19 fits the 23-item FDD.

Sport Clips among nearby retail registry records: listed entry cost and network size Scatter plot of 11 data points. 0 locations1000 locations2000 locations3000 locations4000 locations5000 locations $150k$200k$250k$300k$350k$400k Listed initial investment low ($000) Total locations (Item 20) Sport ClipsAlphaGraphicsPlay It Again SportsOnce Upon A ChildPlato's ClosetFASTSIGNSPinch A PennySignaramaEuropean Wax CenterBatteries PlusSnap-on Tools
Sport Clips among nearby retail registry records: listed entry cost and network size

Snapshot uses the registry's listed Item 7 initial-investment low and Item 20 location-count fields. It is a descriptive comparison, not a ranking or investment recommendation.

How Sport Clips's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)

Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size

Two data-derived peer sets for Sport Clips , both outside HQ state TX : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.

What to do with this

Sport Clips at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.

  • Sport Clips scores 75/100 (C) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
  • Its $263K – $467K entry cost runs below the typical retail franchise.
  • Ranks #88 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
  • AlphaGraphics sits at a comparable investment level ($258K) in the same sector. Compare

Editorial comparison registry, not a source-linked FDD record. Verify the current FDD before relying on any figure.

Editorial comparison registry; a source filing is not linked to this record. Verify the current FDD before relying on a figure.

Source: PlainFranchise editorial registry Record-level FDD source link and retrieval date pending